Lawyer: Hunger-striking Ukraine filmmaker's health in danger
MOSCOW (AP) — An imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker's health has suffered irreversible damage after 120 days of hunger strike, his lawyer said Monday.
Oleg Sentsov, an opponent of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2015 for conspiracy to conduct terror attacks, charges that he denies. He has refused to seek a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sentsov's lawyer, Dmitry Dinze, said that his condition has steadily worsened, resulting in "irreversible changes affecting the cardiovascular system, kidneys and liver." He added that Sentsov is increasingly frail and finds it difficult to get up from his bed.
Prison officials said Sentsov was being given a nutritious formula daily.